I guess. But if that's the case, I personally wouldn't tout this as the "successor" to the N80. It may very well be a much better overall phone but people are going to harp on the fact that at least one aspect--the camera--has been downgraded. Why even put yourself in that position? Just release the N81 on its own without any tie-ins to previous model.

So they did. Upon double-checking, Nokia now tells us it is NOT auto-focus.

Sorry for the confusion! Two Nokia spokespeople initially told us they looked into it and it was auto-focus. That should be "straight from the horse's mouth", so we were going with the best info we had at the time.